The Cougars women’s hockey team won their first ACAC Championship in four years, after defeating the NAIT Ooks three games to one. The championship is the fourth overall for the team who won their first title in 2003 followed by back-to-back wins in 2004 and 2005 as well. The Cougars finished the regular season in first-place with a record of [...]

by Kelsey Hipkin
In early March, the Mount Royal Social Justice Club started handing out pledge sheets to students interested in raising money and taking part in Mount Royal’s 30 Hour Famine.
The World Vision – sponsored event is officially held on both Feb. 26-27 and April 23-24, but groups can also choose their own date. Participants fast [...]

by Kelsey Hipkin
As I sit writing this, only one Cougar team out of a possible six has the chance to medal for the remainder of the season. This comes of course with the exception of the Cougars’ soccer
teams that wrapped up last semester. Our men’s team took gold over the SAIT Trojans and the women just [...]

by Kelsey Hipkin
Men’s Volleyball
Sitting in second place in the ACAC standings going in to the playoffs, the Cougars men’s volleyball
team looked poised to bring home some hardware. However, this wasn’t the case as the team had a “tough weekend”
according to events and communications coordinator Kyle Henry. With head coach Shawn Sky (recently named ACAC coach [...]

by Kelsey Hipkin
“Ground, set, HUT!” Since Mount Royal reached its university status, people might be thinking they’ll be hearing those words from a Mount Royal Cougar Football field near you.
If you were one of those people, think again.
Cougar Athletics events and communications coordinator Kyle Henry said that having a football team on campus isn’t in any [...]

 I am far from perfect.As a journalist however, I do pride myself on always being on time to do interviews or conduct photo shoots.
 

The Olympic torch was in town recently, in case you haven’t noticed the miles of cov­erage from different news orga­nizations all over the country. Images of Calgary’s glorious ‘88 Olympics segued into [...]

“Whether you knew Sash or not she had a big impact on all of our lives. Sash was a beautiful young woman full of life, vigor, and will always be remembered with a smile on her face.”
Those are the first words you read when you view the memorial Facebook page for Mount Royal student and [...]

With a new semester full of reading, quizzes and exams, students will likely be looking for out of the way places for a little peace and quiet to do some studying.
One problem is that with the influx of student numbers there might not be enough space to fulfill studying needs.
After complaints and suggestions from students [...]

Welcome back sports fans! Whether you are a new student to MRU or a seasoned veteran of our university’s hallowed halls The Reflector would like to
present you with a guide to where your Cougar teams are sitting heading into the second and in some cases, latter part of the season.
Men’s Basketball
Overall Record – 14-6
Next game [...]

With Tiger and Elin Woods plastered all over the latest magazines and gossip blogs (all of which are spouting the latest rumors that Elin took to Tiger’s luxury SUV with a five-iron), The Reflector would like to count down the top five sports stars and teams who have fallen from their athletic grace.
5. “Black Sox”
During [...]